Minimum Requirements for Agent Push Deployment

The VIPRE Business Console will make 2 attempts to push the agent software to a machine.

The first push attempt is a WMI push deployment over port 135

The second is done by accessing the admin share of the target machine(s). (Known as the C$ share)

First Requirement: Supply the Console with Administrative Credentials

Administrative Credentials are required to push the VIPRE Business Agent:

Open the VIPRE Business Console

Goto:Site Properties > Agent Installation

Click add and supply the proper credentials

The supplied credentials must have Administrative Rights on the target machine(s). In a domain environment this is very easy as any domain admin credentials can be supplied.

This gets a little more complicated with Workgroup deployments as these environments have no centralized credentials. However, if all the machines have an "Administrator" account with the same password, it can be entered as seen below:

Username:Administrator

Password:Password

Domain:localhost

Should each system have different credentials, add each individually with the System Name in the Domain field.

Second Requirement:Communication between the Console and target machine(s)

An incorrectly configured firewall can prevent access:

Ensure the "WMI in" and “File and Printer Sharing” rules are enabled in the Windows Firewall to allow traffic.